The setup for this was perfect, because Stanford’s creativity guru Tina Seelig had spoken just before on how she had given her students nothing but a pad of Post-It notes with which to create value.
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Sparking The Startup Spirit, Stanford-style
Henry Ford once said famously: “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.” As Tina Seelig, executive director of Stanford University’s Technology Ventures points out in her new book inGenius, this simple quote illustrates the difference between two kinds of fear, only one which drives the the entrepreneurial spirit. “There are two distinct mindsets related to taking on challenges,” she says. “Some people are driven by their strong fear of failure and therefore …
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A Virtual Peek Inside Stanford’s Creativity Course
Many people believe creativity cannot be taught. If that’s true, then why is Dr. Tina Seelig’s course on creativity and innovation one of the most popular classes at Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the “d.school”? It’s incredibly difficult to get in: not only do you have first be admitted to Stanford, but once in, you’ve got less than one chance in three of getting in to the course itself: over 150 apply, …
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